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This book is a snap shot insight into the lives of Adele, Wendy and Jude. Three friends who have gathered at Christmas to pack up the beach house of their deceased friend Sylvie. The three friends are now all in the seventies and their insecurities with themselves and each other quickly surface.
This is not a warm and fuzzy gathering, this is a book that exposes their physical and mental weaknesses warts and all.
Adele is a 'has-been' actress who does not appear to be able to switch off the self-indulgent diva act even though she is unemployed, broke and not sure how she will keep going or where she will live.
Jude is a force to be reckoned with, a successful restaurateur who is the mistress of a wealthy business man that she has been with for 40 years. It is an affair not discussed but which everyone is aware exists.
Wendy is an academic dealing with her dog, Finn, who needs to be put down, but Wendy is in denial as Finn has been her loyal companion since she was widowed.
In coming together it seems to bring out the worst in all of them and they start to question how they ever remained friends at all.
A very honest and often brutally told book told in a very human way. I was pleasantly surprised and came to appreciate each of the characters.
Thank you Allen & Unwin for the uncorrected ARC of this book.